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With translations and studies
The comments are based on Indiana Companion pp. 309-316 & notes by Bent NIELSEN; they appear in turn to have drawn heavily on Michael LOEWE Early Chinese Texts.
1. 易经 Yijing [Book of change]. Built around a system of sixty-four hexagrams, each of six lines with unbroken and broken lines presumably used for divination, and with later additions to the text which is 'a storehouse of image and symbols from which Chinese literati frequently drew.' The text probably originated in the Western Zhou but some of the additions are as late as the Han dynasty. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Wilhelm Richard 1924 I Ging: Das Buch der Wandlungen ( reprint 1994; English transl. 1950)
Lynn Richard J. 1994 The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi (New York NY: Columbia UP)
2. 书经 Shujing [Book of history (or documents)] A collection of historical documents. Traditionally Confucius has been named as the editor. The documents are pronouncements, oaths and speeches. Twenty-eight chapters are considered authentic, i.e. they give the text as it purports to have been at the time it was pronounced, some from the beginning of the Zhou dynasty. These chapters are in the new-text (script). An additional thirty-two chapters in the old-text are forgeries from 200-400 CE. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Karlgren Bernhard 1950 in BMFEA 22.
Legge James The Chinese Classics
3. 诗经 毛诗 Shijing [Book of odes (or songs)]. Anthology of 305 poems. The Hanshu says that they were selected by Confucius who does refer to a corpus of around 300 poems. The contents of the poems are varied, from folksongs to songs at the court, praising heroes and religious liturgy. Some of them may be very old, but some probably no older than c. 500 B.C.E. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Karlgren Bernhard 1950 The Book of Odes (Stockholm)
Legge James The Chinese Classics
Waley Arthur 1937 Book of Songs: Translated from the Chinese (London: Allen & Unwin)
4. 周礼 Zhouli [Rites of Zhou]. A description of the Zhou bureaucracy. Probably written during the Warring States period as an idealized description of the government in the early Zhou period. May have fragmentary information about the early Zhou bureaucracy. Stele ed. 836-840 CE.
5. 义礼 Yili [Book of etiquette and ceremonial]. A detailed description of ceremonies claimed to have been carried out during the Spring-and-Autumn period. May have been written during the first half of the Warring-States period. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Couvreur Seraphin 1916 I li (2nd ed. 1928, reprint 1951).
6. 礼记 Liji [Book of ceremonial]. Contains information on rituals and the development of Confucian philosophy from late Warring-States to early Former-Han. Stele ed. 836-840 CE.
Couvreur Seraphin 1913 Li Ki ou Memoires sur les bienseances: Texte chinois avec une double traduction en francais et en latin 2 vols. (Ho Kien Fou: Mission Catolique; reprint 1928)
Legge James The Texts of Confucianism
Wilhelm Richard 1930 Li Gi: Das Buch der Sitte der aeltern und juengern Dai
7. 春秋左传 Chunqiu Zuozhuan [Spring and Autumn with Zuo commentary]. Spring and Autumn is a chronicle for the Lu state from 722 to 480 B.C.E. Tradition has said that the pronouncements are praise-and-blame but this is highly questionable. It appears to be simple chronicle. The Zuozhuan may originally have been a separate historical work which was later added to the Spring and Autumn under the appropriate headings. Written during the Warring States period. Stele ed. 240-248 CE.
Couvreur Seraphin 1914 Tch'ouen ts'iou et Tso-tchouan 3 vols. (He Kien Fou; reprint Paris, 1951)
Legge James The Chinese Classics
8. 春秋公羊传 Chunqiu Gongyangzhuan [Spring and Autumn with Gongyang commentary]. Praise-and-blame interpretation of the Spring-and Autumn which poses questions and then gives answers concerning the political and ethical meaning of the Spring and Autumn entries. From later Waring-States or Early-Han. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Legge James The Chinese Classics
Malmqvist Goeran "Studies on the Gongyang and Guliang Commentaries" in BMFEA 43 (1971) 67-222; 47 (1975) 19-69; 49 (1977) 33-215.
9. 春秋榖梁传 Chunqiu Guliangzhuan [Spring and Autumn with Guliang commentary]. Praise-and-blame interpretation of the Spring-and Autumn which poses questions and then gives answers concerning the political and ethical meaning of the Spring and Autumn entries. Former Han. Stele ed. 836-840 CE.
Legge James The Chinese Classics
Malmqvist Goeran "Studies on the Gongyang and Guliang Commentaries" BMFEA 43 (1971) 67-222; 47 (1975) 19-69; 49 (1977) 33-215.
10. 论语 Lunyu [Analects]. A collection of sayings attibuted to Confucius or his disciples in the form af dialogues and anecdotes. Parts of the text may originate in the decades afther the death of Confucius but other parts are almost certainly later additions. Stele ed. 175 CE.
Cheng Anne 1981 Entretiens de Confucius (Paris: Editions du Seuil)
Lau D. C. 1979 The Analects
Legge James The Chinese Classics
Waley Arthur 1938 The Analects of Confucius
11. 孝经 Xiaojing [Classic of filial piety]. A discussion between Confucius and Zengzi on the Confucian principle for reverence for parents. The text seems to have existed in the third cent. B.C.E. Stele ed. 836-840 CE.
Legge James The Texts of Confucianism
Makra Mare L. 1961 The Hsiao Ching
Richard Wilhelm 1940 Hiau Ging: Das Buch der Ehrfurcht (Peking: Verlag der pekinger Pappelinsel)
12. 尔雅 Erya [Erya]. A proto-dictionary in the form a a collection of early glosses and explanations on words appearing in Zhou texts. Stele ed. 836-840 CE.
13. 孟子Mengzi [Book of Mencius]. The discussions of Mencius with feudal rulers and others.
Lau D. C. 1970 Mencius
Legge JamesThe Chinese Classics
四书 The Four Books were collected and commentated by Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200) and from 1303 to 1905 they formed the foundation of the official examinations.
论语 Lunyu [Analects], see above
孟子 Mengzi [Book of Mencius], see above
大学 Daxue [Great learning. A chapter of the Liji] Transl. with Zhu Xi's commentaries in Chan Wing-tsit 1963 A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy (Princeton UP) pp. 85-94
中庸 Zhongyong [Doctrine of the mean. A chapter of the Liji] Transl. with Zhu Xi's commentaries in Chan Wing-tsit 1963 A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy (Princeton UP) pp. 97-114.
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1. 史记 Shi ji to ca. 87 B.C.E. by SIMA Qian 司马迁 (145- ca. 90 B.C.E.)
2. 汉书 Han shu or 钱汉书 Qian Han shu 206 B.C.E. - 24 C.E. by BAN Gu 班固 (d. ca. 92 C.E.)
3. 后汉书 Hou Han shu 25-220 C.E. by Fan Ye 范晔 (398-447)
4. 三国志 Sanguozhi 220-280 by Chen Shou 陈寿 (233-297)
5. 晋书 Jin shu 265-419 by Fang Xuanling 房玄龄 (578-648)
6. 宋书 Song shu 420-479 by Shen Yue 沈约 (441-513)
7. 南齐书 Nan Qi shu by Xiao Zixian 萧子显 (479-550)
8. 梁书 Liang shu 502-557 by Yao Silian 姚思廉 (d. 637)
9. 陈书 Chen shu 557-589 by Yao Silian 姚思廉 (d. 637)
10. 魏书 Wei shu 386-550 by Wei Shou 魏收 (506-572)
11. 北齐书 Bei Qi shu 550-577 by Li Boyao 李伯药 (565-648)
12. 北周书 Bei Zhou shu 557-581 by Linghu Defen 令狐德芬 (586-666)
13. 隋书 Sui shu 581-618 by Wei Zheng 魏征 (580-643)
14. 南史 Nan shi 420-589 by Li Yanshou 李延寿 (d. <679)
15. 北史 Bei shi 386-618 by Li Yanshou 李延寿 (d. <679)
16. 旧唐书 Jiu Tang shu 618-906 by Liu Xu 刘煦 (887-946)
17. 新唐书 Xin Tang shu 618-906 by Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 (1007-1072) & Song Qi 宋祁 (998-1061)
18. 就五代史 Jiu Wudai shi 906-960 by Xue Juzheng 薛居正 (912-960)
19. 五代史 Xin Wudai shi by Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修 (1007-1072)
20. 宋史 Song shi 960-1279 by Tuo Tuo 脱脱 (1238-1298)
21. 辽史 Liao shi 907-1211 by Tuo Tuo 脱脱 (1238-1298) & al.
22. 金史 Jin shi1115-1234 by Tuo Tuo 脱脱(1238-1298) & al.
23. 元史 Yuan shi 1279-1382 by Song Lian 宋濂 (1310-1381)
24. 明史 Ming shi 1368-1638 by Zhang Tingyu 张庭玉 (1672-1755)
25. 新元史 Xin Yuan shi 1206-1382 by KE Shaomin 柯劭忞 (1850-1933)
26. 清史 Qing shi 1644-1927. The first version was printed in 1927 with Zhao Erxun 赵尔巽 as editor but not recognized by the authorities and was called Qing shi gao 멨 [Draft history of the Qing dynasty]. An official version was printed in Taiwan in 1961 by the Research Institute of National Defence 国防研究院.
资治通鉴 Zizhi tongjian 403 B.C.E. - 960 C.E. by Sima Guang 司马光 (1019-1086)
通鉴纲目 Tongjian gangmu 403 B.C.E. - 960 C.E. by Zhu Xi 朱熹
续资治通鉴长编 Xu Zizhi tongjian changbian by Li Tao 李焘 (1115-1184)
续资治通鉴 Xu Zizhi tongjian -1368 by Bi Yuan 毕沅 (1730-1797)